The cruelty is the point

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FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

When the news wants to avoid reporting on the death of a minority they just start showing pictures of that person using a hand signal or being near a drug once.

# ? Jul 15, 2019 10:10

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# ? Jun 12, 2024 15:35

420 Gank Mid: Dec 26, 2008; WARNING: This poster is a huge bitch!

https://twitter.com/MarkAgee/status/1151231111013388290
https://twitter.com/infinite_scream/status/1151428683481198592

# ? Jul 17, 2019 10:58

Bust Rodd: Oct 21, 2008; by VideoGames

Stop separating children from their parents at the border

*monkey�s paw curls, leaving only the middle finger erect*

# ? Jul 17, 2019 12:04

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

https://twitter.com/TransEquality/status/1150781896709877760?s=20

# ? Jul 17, 2019 13:36

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Bust Rodd posted:

Stop separating children from their parents at the border

*monkey’s paw curls, leaving only the middle finger erect*

They still do though

# ? Jul 17, 2019 14:07

Vomik: Jul 29, 2003; This post is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan

Jose posted:

https://twitter.com/TransEquality/status/1150781896709877760?s=20

piloting a transgender concentration camp. they must have just got to that chapter in mein kampf

# ? Jul 17, 2019 14:18

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420 Gank Mid posted:

https://twitter.com/MarkAgee/status/1151231111013388290
https://twitter.com/infinite_scream/status/1151428683481198592

Literally Sofie�s Choice. This is hell.

# ? Jul 17, 2019 16:43

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

christmas boots posted:

Literally Sofie’s Choice. This is hell.

Honestly it reminds me more of the "god's not here today, priest" scene from the exorcist remake

# ? Jul 17, 2019 17:30

The Saucer Hovers: May 16, 2005

it reminds me of the "and how old are you, mother?" scene from schindler's list

# ? Jul 18, 2019 23:25

Grand Theft Autobot: Feb 28, 2008; I'm something of a fucking idiot myself

Willie Tomg posted:

it really wasn't!!! that's why the cotton gin was such a massive Thing. that machine was the only reason a plantation owner footing the cost of housing, feeding, training, minimally medicating and disciplining their human property was economically viable as industrial means of production came to prominence! sharecropping/wage labor was a massive economic step up for the plantation class, and this is a gigantic tragicomic facet of the civil war which is rarely engaged with in the USA. which is weird, its probably just a coincidence.

It's more that emancipation would have rescinded all of the slaver class's capital, which was enormously valuable.

edit: I'm also of the opinion it was very profitable all around, particularly into the 1850s and 60s.

It also depends on the region of the South and the specific slave-related industries we're talking about. Breeding slaves and selling them to the deep South was very profitable for Virginia. The Atlantic slave trade was obviously never actually stopped. Stephen Douglas told the Senate that 15k slaves were brought over in 1859.

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# ? Jul 18, 2019 23:29

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

lmao they all deserve painful slow death and they wont get it because of our fuckstick world having them in charge

# ? Jul 19, 2019 10:45

Rhesus Pieces: Jun 27, 2005

https://twitter.com/AugustJPollak/status/1152237299964530688?s=20

# ? Jul 19, 2019 16:40

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

just some casual child trafficking

https://twitter.com/Rewire_News/status/1158803682764435456

# ? Aug 7, 2019 11:22

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

At least the nazis kept records.

All the cruelty, none of the competence.

# ? Aug 8, 2019 15:06

Koishi Komeiji: Mar 30, 2003

https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1159168257858949120

This is how police respond to a county corrections officer getting punched one time.

# ? Aug 8, 2019 15:55

WrightOfWay: Jul 24, 2010

Megillah Gorilla posted:

At least the nazis kept records.

All the cruelty, none of the competence.

Let's call up IBM

# ? Aug 8, 2019 17:23

Wakko: Jun 9, 2002; Faboo!

https://twitter.com/AlexLoveWJTV/status/1159313162430234624

# ? Aug 8, 2019 17:34

Rhesus Pieces: Jun 27, 2005

https://twitter.com/sethdmichaels/status/1159153580043120640?s=20

deliberate immiseration as policy, part infinity

# ? Aug 8, 2019 18:11

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Has there been a more purposefully cruel nation in history?

The Nazis maybe.

The British empire probably.

I think that's it

# ? Aug 8, 2019 18:35

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

ikanreed posted:

Has there been a more purposefully cruel nation in history?

The Nazis maybe.

The British empire probably.

I think that's it

what the belgians did to congo counts

# ? Aug 8, 2019 18:41

Joda: Apr 24, 2010; When I'm off, I just like to really let go and have fun, y'know?; Fun Shoe

I think any emperialist or fascist state could measure up (including the US; see Chile, Gitmo etc.), which is plenty, but is that really the kind of company you want to be part of?

# ? Aug 8, 2019 19:13

bloom: Feb 25, 2017; by sebmojo

Imperial Japan wasn't exactly cool either

# ? Aug 8, 2019 19:14

Wakko: Jun 9, 2002; Faboo!

lmao there are genocides going on right this second

the entirety of human history is seizing power and then oppressing whoever isn't on top as hard as you can

the only thing the usa is unusually good at is propaganda

# ? Aug 8, 2019 19:23

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Wakko posted:

lmao there are genocides going on right this second

the entirety of human history is seizing power and then oppressing whoever isn't on top as hard as you can

the only thing the usa is unusually good at is propaganda

I wrote a counter argument then realized that I'm wrong.

# ? Aug 8, 2019 19:57

Wakko: Jun 9, 2002; Faboo!

ikanreed posted:

I wrote a counter argument then realized that I'm wrong.

# ? Aug 8, 2019 20:24

Willie Tomg: Feb 2, 2006

Wakko posted:

https://twitter.com/AlexLoveWJTV/status/1159313162430234624

I'm sure it's a coincidence that the raids went down after Joseph Grendys

lost a sexual harassment class action.

https://twitter.com/BlogWood/status/1159418479851823104

quote:

In 2018, following a nearly eight-year-long legal battle, Koch Foods Inc. settled a $3.75 million brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Koch Food Inc at the plant. The lawsuit alleged that Koch Foods Inc supervisors engaged in both racial and sexual harassment of Latina workers at its Morton, Mississippi plant.

The lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Koch Food Inc�s alleged �that supervisors touched and/or made sexually suggestive comments to female Hispanic employees, hit Hispanic employees and charged many of them money for normal everyday work activities.�

As part of its settlement, Koch Foods Inc. agreed to a three-year federal consent decree to change its discriminatory practices. As part of the consent decree, Koch Foods Inc. was forced to create a 24-hour-a-day bilingual hotline for workers to use to file complaints.

that's fuckin 5 grand per deportation. that's all it takes.

Willie Tomg has issued a correction as of 20:51 on Aug 8, 2019

# ? Aug 8, 2019 20:47

Willie Tomg: Feb 2, 2006

Reminder that deportations are used in many industries in order to stymie ongoing OSHA investigations and such:

quote:

In June of 2018, ICE raided a unionized Fresh Mark meatpacking plant in Salem, Ohio; arresting 140 workers.

A week before the raid on a Fresh Mark�s Salem facility, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Fresh Mark $211,194 for three separate incidents in which proper guards for dangerous machinery were not in place. OSHA found that the lack of safety guards resulted in the death of an undocumented worker.

In December of 2017, Domingo Ramos, a 49-year-old undocumented worker from Guatemala, was killed in the plant when his foot was sucked into a rotating auger, ripping off his lower leg and leading to him bleeding to death.

Suspicious was also raised that workers complaining about working conditions in plants lead to raids when the Southeastern Provision in Morristown, Tennesse. The raid came after federal authorities were tipped off by a local bank that the owner of the plant may have been paying undocumented workers under the table.

The United Food and Commercial Workers immediately denounced.

�Our top priority right now is to provide whatever assistance and counsel we can to any of our impacted members and their families,� said UFCW spokesperson Abraham White. �Workers across this country are too scared to stand up for their rights and to report wage theft, dangerous work conditions, and other workplace issues. We must act now to end this dangerous climate of fear�

The UFCW has previously represented workers in its plant targeted by raids. The UFCW has already been meeting with local immigrants activists in Mississippi to coordinate a strategy to respond to the raid.

While it�s unclear if the raids are being triggered by federal authorities responding to the mistreatment of workers, the overall effect of these raids has had a chilling effect on workers speaking out.

�These raids send a real signal to immigrant workers not to speak up, and we feel like these raids enable employers in the most dangerous industry to cut corners and violate labor standards,� said Debbie Berkowitz, who served as chief of staff of OSHA under Obama from 2009 to 2013 and now serves as the director of the worker health and safety program at the National Employment Law Project (NELP).

# ? Aug 8, 2019 20:50

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1160536867764428806
This article is good, but among other things it made me aware that an anti-abortion Christian group tied to Betsy Davos's brother is funneling migrant children whose parents have been deported or detained into an adoption mill.

First they charge the state $700/day to foster the kids. They wait until 6 months after the parents have been deported and file abandonment petitions against "Jane Doe and John Doe" (the parents) and then charge $50k to place the kids in Christian homes. This virtually guarantees that the kids will never see their actual parents again.

# ? Aug 11, 2019 15:30

Bust Rodd: Oct 21, 2008; by VideoGames

Betsy DeVos is so comically evil for a woman named �Betsy�.

# ? Aug 11, 2019 20:23

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

trem_two posted:

https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1160536867764428806
This article is good, but among other things it made me aware that an anti-abortion Christian group tied to Betsy Davos's brother is funneling migrant children whose parents have been deported or detained into an adoption mill.

First they charge the state $700/day to foster the kids. They wait until 6 months after the parents have been deported and file abandonment petitions against "Jane Doe and John Doe" (the parents) and then charge $50k to place the kids in Christian homes. This virtually guarantees that the kids will never see their actual parents again.

remember people saying they felt bad for poor Melania lol

# ? Aug 11, 2019 20:28

Willie Tomg: Feb 2, 2006

Wheeee posted:

remember people saying they felt bad for poor Melania lol

lol

# ? Aug 11, 2019 20:32

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trem_two posted:

https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1160536867764428806
This article is good, but among other things it made me aware that an anti-abortion Christian group tied to Betsy Davos's brother is funneling migrant children whose parents have been deported or detained into an adoption mill.

First they charge the state $700/day to foster the kids. They wait until 6 months after the parents have been deported and file abandonment petitions against "Jane Doe and John Doe" (the parents) and then charge $50k to place the kids in Christian homes. This virtually guarantees that the kids will never see their actual parents again.

hey they found a way to do the cultural destruction thing Canada did but with a hefty profit

nice

# ? Aug 11, 2019 21:50

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

American innovation

# ? Aug 11, 2019 21:56

Kart Barfunkel: Nov 10, 2009

trem_two posted:

https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1160536867764428806
This article is good, but among other things it made me aware that an anti-abortion Christian group tied to Betsy Davos's brother is funneling migrant children whose parents have been deported or detained into an adoption mill.

First they charge the state $700/day to foster the kids. They wait until 6 months after the parents have been deported and file abandonment petitions against "Jane Doe and John Doe" (the parents) and then charge $50k to place the kids in Christian homes. This virtually guarantees that the kids will never see their actual parents again.

A new thing to feel absolutely disgusted about. It�s truly like clockwork. Holy gently caress, end me now.

# ? Aug 11, 2019 22:06

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

no, end them now

# ? Aug 11, 2019 22:42

WrightOfWay: Jul 24, 2010

It's honestly impressive that the secretary of education manages to be the most corrupt member of an administration filled with finance and oil execs.

# ? Aug 12, 2019 03:15

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

WrightOfWay posted:

It's honestly impressive that the secretary of education manages to be the most corrupt member of an administration filled with finance and oil execs.

those guys all have plenty of fingers in the pie too. devos and for that matter the big T himself are just that special flavor of nouveau riche clumsy

# ? Aug 12, 2019 08:19